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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

August 13, 2023Tippah County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Aug 13, 2023, 3:16 PM CDT for Tippah County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 13, 2023, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 2023, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 40

County Tippah County, MS

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 12, 6:50 PM CDT, 20 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 6:50 PM CDT, 20 hours 26 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 2:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton, Tippah	38 min
Aug 13, 2:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Alcorn	52 min
Aug 13, 3:17 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee and 8 more	28 hr
Aug 13, 3:17 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Prentiss and 4 more	28 hr
Aug 13, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Prentiss, Tishomingo	37 min
Aug 13, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Prentiss, Tishomingo	36 min
Aug 13, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Pontotoc	37 min
Aug 13, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Calhoun	21 min
Aug 13, 11:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	31 min
Aug 13, 12:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Carroll, Gibson	34 min
Aug 13, 1:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson, Henry	34 min
Aug 13, 1:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henry and 3 more	3 hr
Aug 13, 1:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton, Decatur, Henderson	47 min
Aug 13, 3:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale	4 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.